Phase transition in CeSe, EuSe and LaSe under high pressure

Central European Journal of Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 576-585

  Singh, Sadhna ^a   Singh, R K ^b   Gour, Atul ^a  

^a Madhya Pradesh Bhoj University   (India)

^b CHAUDHARY DEVI LAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Elastic constants; Gibbs free energy; Phase transition; Three body interaction; Transition pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749048282     PISSN: 18951082     EISSN: 16443608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11534-007-0037-2     Document Type: Article

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